Jeff Lee represents corporate debtors and lenders in restructuring and insolvency proceedings across Western Canada. His experience includes assignments in the manufacturing, energy, aviation, real estate, agribusiness, hospitality, transportation, telecommunications, fish processing, construction, forest products, mining and pulp and paper industries. Jeff has appeared before superior courts in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and before the Federal Court, Tax Court and Supreme Court of Canada.
Representative Work
· Counsel to landlord of publicly traded energy company in CCAA proceedings in Alberta (2009).
· Counsel to group of real estate companies in CCAA restructuring in Saskatchewan (2006).
· Counsel to aviation company in CCAA proceedings in Manitoba (2005).
· Counsel to recreational vehicle manufacturing companies in CCAA proceedings in Saskatchewan and Quebec (2003).
· Counsel to secured lender to meat packing company in CCAA proceedings in Alberta (2007).
· Counsel to secured lender in obtaining court appointment of receiver of construction company in Yukon Territory (2009).
· Counsel to Big Sky Farms in successful CCAA restructuring of approximately $100 million in secured and unsecured debt in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Iowa (2010).
Leadership
· Saskatchewan Jazz Festival Inc. - Director (1999-2006)
· Community Radio Society of Saskatoon, Inc. - Former President
Papers & Presentations
· "Manufacturer Insolvency: Strategies For Retail Dealers to Manage The Challenges of Manufacturer Insolvency", Western Canadian Advanced Insolvency Law & Practice Conference (Canadian Institute, Vancouver, 2009).
· "Selected Issues in Agricultural Insolvency", Advanced Insolvency Law & Practice Conference (Canadian Institute, Calgary, 2006).
· "Preserving Value Through BIA Division I Proposals: Issues and Options", Insolvency and Restructuring Forum (Canadian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Professionals, Calgary, 2006).
· "Preserving the Value of a Business in Distress Through Use of the CCAA", Raising Capital & Preserving The Business Seminar (Saskatchewan Legal Education Society Inc., 2006).
· "Agricultural Insolvencies", Commercial Insolvency & Restructuring Forum (Canadian Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Professionals, Toronto, 2005).
· "Restructuring Challenges in Agriculture: The Legal Perspective", Turnaround Management Association, Northwest Chapter (Calgary, 2004).
Awards & Distinctions
· Insolvency Institute of Canada - Member (2011)
· Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada - Insolvency and Restructuring; Corporate and Commercial Litigation (since 2006)
· "Repeatedly Recommended" for Insolvency and Financial Restructuring; Corporate Commercial Litigation - Canadian Lexpert Legal Directory (since 2007)
· Lexis-Nexis / Martindale-Hubbell - "BV Peer Review Rated"